guilty… but… what the heck??!!

So this evening I went to my Weight Watchers meeting.  I was CERTAIN I would be gaining weight so I made sure I had on my normal weigh in clothes so I couldn’t say my jeans were the reason I put on pounds… I was ready to face the music and get back on track.

I lost weight…. what the heck??!!

I stopped tracking on Friday night when I got to go eat pizza at Anna’s (had more than my fair share but did fall in love with the spinach, cottage cheese, yogurt version… recipe please!!)…

baby shower in the morning on Saturday (although I do vaguely recall grabbing a handful of apples to keep my hands to busy for a cupcake)…

wine festival (enuf said there, that involved food, wine and german chocolate cake) in the afternoon followed by

cuddling all weekend with my family while we hid away from Sandy which meant, pancakes, pizza, chips and dip, kielbasa stew with bread and butter, a bowl of german chocolate icing (1/2 cup) with my coffee on Sunday, a dr. pepper …

Seriously… I stopped tracking and I ADMIT THAT I ATE TILL MY TUMMY HURT! Okay only once, okay only twice fer sure… but still I was all like “I blew this week, I am totally gonna gain weight so whatevs … go big or go home” so since I was already home I went big…  I feel guilty for not gaining… weird but true.

In reviewing the parts of my week I DID track… I did exercise more, in prep for the wine festival and I did make wise choices till Friday night… and I still was able to make BETTER choices ( along with stupid choices like eating the bowl of icing.  In my defense I HAD to get it out of the house!) even while “misbehaving”… maybe the weight loss is God’s way of rewarding me for just dreaming about hot cocoa and twix bars last night (both attainable with in my house)… maybe its a reward for NOT eating that German Chocolate Cake that is taunting me while it waits to go to its intended recipient …. maybe not

I will take the weight loss… LOVE IT.. but I will remember the feeling of impending doom and not eat till my tummy hearts… cuz it not only hurt my tummy but I thought “weigh” to much about why my tummy felt ucky and it made it all the less enjoyable… love eating my twix bar much more when i can track it with no guilt!!

So my weigh in:

I lost 1.4 pounds this last week bringing my grand total to

-22.2

woo hoooo

Ooh I am trying out a new website.. has a great app to go with it.  I think it will help me with increasing my activity as well as making healthier eating choices… if you wanna check it out go HERE!  Slim Kicker… it tracks your exercise and movements, and you’ll rack up points as you move more. You upload a picture of something you’ll reward yourself with (like a dress, twix bar… you pick the reward). When you rack up enough points and level up, we’ll remind you to reward yourself.  So far I have joined two challenges: 1) drink 8-8 oz glasses of water and 2) do 10 squats a day.  I am excited to see how this will help me to get moving more and reaching my weight loss/health goals faster!    I promise to blog about it sometime this week, if you check it out let me know what you think!

Now off to do 10 squats, go to sleep and dream of hot cocoa  or maybe just have some first!

Hugs,

Latte

“rain, rain… DON’T feel like you gotta leave right away!”

Sandy is hanging out here in VA… well she is on the way out… we hope. But I have to admit that I am enjoying the break from life and busy-ness, school, work, social activities… I am having a wonderful cozy time…

Typically when a hurricane comes in Frank has to go to sea and ride out the storm… he is HOME and since he is not attached to a ship, we get to keep him for the duration of the storm!! It is nice to have him home. I feel spoiled and taken care of just having him in the house… he is in the garage working on wood projects for me … he is here, I AM SPOILED, for a Navy wife anyways!

With teens and their work/school schedules … not to mention their very full social calendar, well we don’t see a whole lot of them. Today everyone is home… excepting Veronica but she did just text me that the mall is closing early… Ronica?? Any cookies need a home for the hurricane?? Bring em on over girly girl!!

I just sent out an expedition force to Walmart… It turns out when you do silly stuff with your kids when they are little, well… they continue to do silly stuff, like go for a walk in the hurricane… to be honest Chesapeake seems to be sheltered from the worst of it… VA beach gets most of the wind and alot of the tide and news coverage… Norfolk… they seem to flood lots… same with P-Town… the kids are safe… cuz they are walking …

For now I just wanted to say hey! I have gotten a few texts and emails from peeps checking in on us… we are safe and enjoying the day off… the wind is kicking up, we lost a few pieces of bamboo so far … so good!

Pizza and skipbo tonight!

Here are a few pics…

09… I took the kids for a walk in the nor-easter… Frank was underway… we got wet and laughed a lot! Guess I know where they get their crazy ideas from!

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expedition force being launched… Shall we find any life out there? Shall we find monsters? or dp? or maybe candy? Shall we… GET WET!!

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and off they go!

UPDATE:
The expedition returned safely… We watched “faith like potatoes” with our pizza… Frank is not allowed to pick movies no more… One sad moment that he forgot about is enuf to do me in!!

getting it done!

Hey All!

Sooo excited!!  I just have to share that I did it!!  I goaled myself with losing 2 pounds this last week … and I did!!  I actually lost a little more than that… 2.8 pounds to be exact!  Wooo Hooo!  I got a cute keychain for being at my 10% goal.. and a bravo sticker and … the ability to say I am DOING it!!!

 

doing it!!!

 

I feel like a million bucks!  I have some celebrating to do!!  Woo Hooo!!!  I am attaching a pic of me on Sunday… never seem to take pictures of myself… I had Alyssa grab a pic on the way out the door to church… when I actually tried to look decent.  A few people have asked/suggested I update on pics so I can see my skinnieness as it happens so I figured one way to celebrate 10% was to start with the pics…  Sorry for the glare but … at least I took the picture and am posting it!

 

10%!! 179.6 and counting!!!

This week at our meeting we talked about 10 minutes… try to get an additional 10 minutes of activity every day… 10 minutes CAN make a difference!  If you are a crochet potato like me maybe you can just try for an additional 10 every day!  One thing I really like about my meetings is that we get suggestions on a new thing to tackle and then we make a commitment to ourselves (quietly if you don’t wanna share) on how to put this goal into our day to day life… this week I wrote down (and shared cuz it helps me be more accountable to share) I would play with puppy for 10 minutes instead of standing  by the door for his last potty break.

Well today I just don’t feel like sitting here, got some stuff to get done while I have the time and ENERGY!  I have to work tonight so if this house is gonna get cleaned up its now or never…

Fruit salad and house cleaning till 130!!  Using that weigh in high!!
Love and Hugs,
Latte

back on track!

So this week went well… my weigh in left me with a smile on my face and a goal to press for.

I am down to 182.4!!  So I lost 1.8 this week!  I am at a total loss of 18!!  Guess what I am pushing for this week?  I might be setting myself up for failure by typing it out to you all but I am feeling it right now!  I won’t sit with my fingers crossed, I plan on making sure I do something to make this happen!  Here it is:

I want to loose 2 pounds this week and be at my 10% goal on Tuesday!!  I will not use more than half of my weekly allowance points ( i notice the weeks I loose less or not at all I have used at least 30 of my weekly allowance pts)… and I will be getting some activity points logged in this week, besides just walking to and fro work.  Not sure my ankle can handle zumba but I can at least pull out my pilates mat and video.  Sure hope the dust bunnies aren’t to put out by my moving stuff around in their habitat!

My personal party is sitting at the foot of my bed:

don’t fit me no more!!

 

So this is my pile of get clothes to get rid of!  I finally had to break down and buy some smaller jeans!!  I hope they will be to big for me before I have time to get comfy in them!  I only bought two pairs so I didn’t have to do laundry every day… i can’t wait till i need to put them in the pile!!

Oooh and I finished the polo shirts I have been making for a customer to use as baby shower invites:

cuteness!

 

Okay I am off to bed… gotta get some sleep cuz I gotsta work tomorrow and I aim to exercise at some level tomorrow!
HUGS!!!
Love,

Latte

 

tape-ing it!

So update on weight loss yesterday didn’t move the scale…  Today I took the time to update my measurements and was happy to see that I have lost inches even if not pounds!

Three weeks ago, on a whim, I decided to start filling in the taping section of the e-tools for weight watchers.  I think I was trying to avoid house work by being on the computer and at some level I was just making sure I was more aware of the tools I had at my disposal.  This week I was glad to have started that.

Don’t get me wrong … I wasn’t in a bad way because I didn’t loose weight this week.  I wasn’t even discouraged… I was actually relieved that I had something to study and figure out.  So far I have been surprised and amazed at the pounds melting away. The previous week I remember thinking my results were confusing, 5 pounds and I hadn’t felt like I sacrificed one treat I had wanted to have.  At one point I resolved if I can loose weight and eat premium ice-cream why am I giving up the good stuff?  Not loosing weight was like… hmmm, what could I have done better last week.

So happy to say I lost inches!  It is curious to note that I feel more satisfaction with the scale dropping rather than the tape measurements!

This past week I didn’t give you all my menu choices because I wanted to vent instead… so we have had a few of soup nights, a fend for yourself night or two but we are still eating together even though Frank is gone and I seem to be in a stress induced desire to hide from life.

Monday night I had family visit (crazy right?!!)  I made “Shrimp and Chicken Jambalaya” from the “Ready, Set, Go?” cookbook on page 112.  My only change would be to pre-cook the rice… so it doesn’t take forever and then you give up waiting for it to cook and have a wonderful full of “texture” dish.  Oooh I omitted the ham cuz I didn’t have any on hand.

Thursday we are gonna have “New York Deli-Style Quesadillas”, page 149, same cookbook.  basically sounds like turkey and swiss cheese yumminess for 4 pts a serving… can’t wait!

thats all I got for now!  I am on my way to Michael’s, not to work but to grab some paper for an order I have for “polo-shirt” baby shower invites.  Will post pics!!

Love and Hugs,

Latte

No difference

Just wanted to check in real quick… Rough night last night, got about 2 hours of sleep (not in a row either) and had one of “those days” that Grandma told me I would have.

In the weight department… No changes… Didn’t move a bitty bit in either direction… Very thankful that I didn’t head back down the wrong way… In reviewing my tracker I can say I got less exercise and used more of my weekly allowance points. I did more stress eating than normal.
Keep me in your prayers this week, like I said I am pretty sure the week started by running over me…
My mantras this week:
Submit all of my choices to God… Obedience in all things!
WILL NOT GAIN!!!
Love,
Latte

dog gone it!!

So I promised more blogs… if not for you (reader) then for me…  tonight I want to vent…

 

why do i look like a bunny?

 

I am not writing to inform you of my meal planning… although it was to use two recipes from the ww cookbook from earlier and some left over chicken…  I am not writing to show you pics of my latest craftiness as I considered doing earlier this week… can’t do that til Kim gets her very be-lated Birfday gift… I am not writing to tell you about my inability to breathe for two hours after allowing my oldest daughter to drive me around town… I am not writing about the five kajillion things running around in my head… nope… not even gonna tell you how I wish Frank was here so I could hide in my room and pretend to be a pillow… sopping wet and trembly pillow maybe, but a pillow nonetheless.  Nope I just want to vent about a puppy who looks like a bunny!!!

Needless to say been a long day… the week is about to get started and I am feeling like it just ran over me… blugggh (yes I am sipping a carefully measured and counted 8 points worth of wine)… so home from work… busy, crazy… LOVED my crochet class… but still a crazy day… I was thinking of my wine, a hot bath and some good reading before my teens descended upon the now tranquil house.

Knottingham had other plans today… oooh yeah… he sauntered up to me when I came in the kitchen, sat down, with his “i have been reallllllly bad bunny ears” and licked his nose… on his tongue… what appeared to be a napkin or tp or paper towels… or God knows what…

Yeah well, at this point I am ignoring the mess while I  vent to you poor unsuspecting readers… hoping my need to yell at the dog will pass and that all of my children, including said dog, make it thru the rest of the day!

So there it is… maybe I can slip into bed before anyone comes home and pretend I didn’t see the mess… after all “I didn’t do it”!  and “I didn’t leave the dog out”…

Shelly… all I can say is your chart is either wrong or being old doesn’t necessarily mean that you behave… at least for dogs… NAUGHTYham has to be in his dog year 70’s and he is still going strong!!

Good night people… hope when I wake up that mess is gone… oooh wait it will be because it is bugging the daylights out of me and I am gonna pick it up right now!!
thanks for listening to my rant!

love and hugs,

Charlotte

 

fer reals?!!!

This week I am actually stupefied!  I lost 5.4 pounds!!! I can’t believe it!

Last week I hoped to get to my 10 pound goal and my tracker reflects it.  This week, well, I was hoping not to gain any weight, was secretly crossing my fingers I would make the one pound goal I made for the 8 week to Thanksgiving  Challenge… and needless to say my tracker reflected that as well!!  When I got on the scale I was just thinking I wanted to get off the scale and hide in my skinny caramel machiatto… I actually was pretty confused when I saw the results… thank goodness my leader knows math and wasn’t lacking caffeine levels that would allow brain function!  So somehow I dropped 5 pounds this week!!  Woo hoo! Awesome!  Now my question is… do my results have a week delay?  I am confused but thankful!  Guess I will keep on keeping on fer sure!  Happy Day!!!

I plan on figuring out my meal plan for this pay-day tonight or tomorrow morning so I will be posting again soon.  Frank isn’t gonna be home so maybe the kids and I will survive on 1 pt progresso soup (me) and mac-n-cheese (for them, not me!!).

I want to say that this morning I went all out for breakfast, grabbed a skinny machiatto and a spinach feta wrap at Starbucks… a whopping 10 pts all told… it paid off well because I haven’t been very hungry at all!  Made myself eat some fruit at lunch time and I am headed for that progresso soup and an “ole” 1 pt tortilla wrap with 1 pt worth of country crock…

Now that life is settling in around me I have been crafting and creating.  I promise to do two more blogs a week, at least one with some kewl (to me) things I have been busy making… anything you all wanna talk about?  I feel like I am either on my soap box or my scale!

Chat again real soon!

Love Ya!
CharLATTE